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Build Your Own Mini Observatory
Thursday, May 7, 2026 by Richard Harris
For many amateur astronomers the dream begins the same way. Carrying equipment into the backyard night after night. Polar aligning in the dark. Waiting for cables mounts cameras and software to cooperate while clouds threaten the only clear skies of the week. Then one day you imagine something bi...
Cloud Appreciation Day 2025 is here
Friday, September 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
For us astronomers—clouds can suck (on Earth anyway). But cloud Appreciation Day is an annual initiative by the Cloud Appreciation Society that invites people worldwide to stop, look up, and celebrate the clouds above them. The event encourages participants to photograph their local skies, wri...
Sky-Watcher 100i Strain reviewed by Dylan O Donnell
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 by Richard Harris
When you look at the evolution of astrophotography equipment, there are these moments when the ground shifts beneath our feet. One of those moments is happening right now with strain wave, or harmonic drive, mounts. Once considered experimental or niche, they have rapidly become the standard for por...
See Mercury early morning August 2025
Sunday, August 17, 2025 by Richard Harris
Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, orbits the sun every 88 days. Its swift journey around the sun means that it often appears close to the sun in our sky, making it challenging to observe. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun approximately every 116 days, a position ...